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Veneer Scientific Names
by David Walker

Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name
British Guiana cedar, Cedrela fissilis
British Guiana -mahogany, Carapa guianensis
British Honduras cedar, Cedrela odorata
British Honduras -mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla
British Honduras -pitch pine, Pinus caribaea §
British Honduras yellowwood, Podocarpus guatemalensis §
British Honduras brown ash, Fraxinus nigra
British Honduras -ebony, Brya ebenus
brown sterculia, Sterculia rhinopetala
brush box, Tristania conjerta
bubinga, Guibourtia demeusei
Buchsbaum,

Buxus spp.

Buche, Fagus spp.
buis, Buxus spp.
buna, Fagus crenata
bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii§
Burma cedar, Toona ciliata
Burma -gtvjun, Dipterocarpus spp.
Burma padauk, Pterocarpus macrocarpus
Burma tulip wood, Dalbergia oliveri
buttonwood, Plaranus occidentalis

Category C

cabbage bark, Andira inermis
cabbage bark, red, Andira inermis
cabinet cherry, Prunus serotina
California incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens §
Californian redwood, Sequoia sempervirens §
Californian -sugar pine,

Pinuslamberttana§

Californian -white pine, Pinus ponderosa §
Cameroons ebony, Diospyros spp.
camphorwood, East African, Ocotea usambarensis
camwood Pterocarpus soyauxii
Canadian ash, Fraxinus americana
Canadian aspen, Populus tremuloides
Canadian -poplar, Populus grandidentata
Canadian -poplar, Populus balsamifera
Canadian -red pine,

Pinus resinosa§

Canadian rock elm, Ulmus thomasii
Canadian -yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis
canarium, African, Canarium schweinfurthii
Standard Name (category C) Scientific Name Standard Name (category C) Scientific Name
canarium, -Indian, Canarium euphylluin
canarium, -Malaysian,

Canarium spp.

canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera
canary -wood, Liriodendron tulipifera
caoba, Swietenia ?macrophylla
Cape box, Buxus macowani
Cape -boxwood, Gonioma kamassi
Caribbean longleaf pitch pine, Pinus caribaea§
Caribbean pitch pine, Pinus caribaea §
Carpathian beech, Fagus sylvatica
cativo, Prioria copaifera
cautivo, Prioria copaifera
cedar,

Cedrela fissilis

cedar, Entandrophragma cylindricum
cedar, Entandrophragma utile
cedar,

Cedrus atlantica §

cedar, African pencil, Juniperus procera§
cedar, Alaska yellow-, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis§
cedar, -Atlas,

Cedrus atlantica§

cedar, -Atlantic, Cedrus atlantica §
cedar, -Atlantic white, Chamaecyparis thyoides§
cedar, Australian, Toona australis
cedar, Brazilian, Cedrela frssilis
cedar, -British Columbia red,

Thuja plicala§

cedar, -British Guiana, Cedrela fissilis
cedar, -British Honduras,

Cedrela odorata

cedar, Burma, Toona ciliata
cedar, -California incense-,

Calocedrus decurrens§

cedar, -Central American,

Cedrela odorata

cedar, Ceylon, Melia composita
cedar, -cigar box, Cedrela fissilis & Cedrela odorata
cedar, East African pencil, Juniperus procera §
cedar, -eastern red,

Juniperus viginiana §

cedar, -eastern white, Thuja occidentalis§
cedar, -Honduras,

Cedrela odorata

cedar, incense,

Calocedrus decurrens§

cedar, incense, California,

Calocedrus decurrens§

cedar, Japanese, Cryptomeriajaponica§
cedar, -Mexican, Cedrela odorata
cedar, -Nicaraguan, Cedrela odorata
Standard Name (category C) Scientific Name Standard Name (category C) Scientific Name
cedar, -Nigerian, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum
cedar, -Nigerian, Guarea cedrata
cedar, -northern white, Thuja occidenralis§
cedar, Pacific Coast yellow, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis§
cedar, -Peruvian, Cedrela fissilis
cedar, Port Orford, Chamaecyparis la wsoniana§
cedar, red, Toona australis
cedar, -red, Thuja plicata§
cedar, -Siberian, Pinus sibirica§
cedar, South American Cedrela fissilis
cedar, -southern white Chamaecyparis thyoides§
cedar, Tabasco, Cedrela odorata
cedar, -Trinidad, Cedrela odorata
cedar, Virginian pencil, Juniperus virginiana§
cedar, -western red, Thuja plicata§
cedar, West Indian, Cedrela odorata
cedar, white, Chamaecyparis thyoides§
cedar, white, Thuja occidentalis§
cedar, -yellow, Chamaecyparis noatkatensis§
cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani§
cedar mahogany, Guarea cedrata
ceder, Cedrus spp. §
cedre, Cedrus spp. §
cedro, Cedrela fissilis
cedro-rana, Vochysia spp.
ceiba, Ceiba pentandra
celtis, African, Celtis spp.
Central American cedar, Cedrela odorata
Central American mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla
Ceylon cedar, Melia composita
Ceylon ebony, Diospyros ebenum
Ceylon gurjun, Dipterocarpus zeylanicus
Ceylon mahogany, Melia composita
Ceylon satinwood, Chloroxylon swietenia
chamfuta, Afzelia quanzensis
chan, Shorea spp. (heavy, yellow-brown)
charme, Carpinus betulus
chàtaignier Castanea spp.
chenchen, Antiaris africana
chéne, Quercus spp.
Standard Name (category C) Scientific Name Standard Name (category C) Scientific Name
cherry, Prunus avium
cherry, American, Prunus serotina
cherry, black, Prunus serotina
cherry, cabinet, Prunus serotina
cherry, European, Prunus avium
cherry, wild, Prunus avium
cherrybark oak, Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia
chestnut, American, Castanea sativa
chestnut, European, Castanea sativa
chestnut, -Spanish, Castanea sativa
chestnut, sweet, Castanea sativa
chestnut oak, Quercus prinus
chestnut, swamp, Quercus falcata
chickrassy, Chukrasia tabularis
Chile pine, Araucaria araucana §
Chilean laurel, Laurelia sempervirens
Chilean pine, Araucaria araucana§
chittagong wood, Chukrasia tabularis
chuglam, white, Terminalia bialata
chumprag, Heritiera cochinchinensis
chumprak, Heritiera cochinchinensis
cigar-box cedar, Cedrela fissilis & Cedrela odorata
Circassian walnut,

Juglans regia

claro walnut, Japanese, Juglans sieboldiana
close-bark willow, Salix alba cultivar calva
coachwood, Ceratopetalum apetalum
cocobolo, Dalbergia retusa
cocus, Brya ebenus
cocuswood, Brya ebenus
coigue, Nothojagus dombeyi
coihue, Nothojagus dombeyi
Colombian boxwood, Gossypiospermum praecox
Columbian pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii §
Columbian pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii §
common alder, Alnus glutinosa
common spruce, Picea abies§
common -willow, Salix alba
common -yew, Taxus baccata §
contorta pine, Pinus contorta §
copalwood, Rhodesian, Guibourtia coleosperma
corail, Pterocarpus soyauxii
cordia, African, Cordia spp.
cordia, American light, Cordia alliodora
cork bark elm, Ulmus thomasii

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